Pensions

One in three bosses is completely unaware of the implications of the Welfare Reform Act, and of those who are, 46 per cent have done nothing yet to change their company strategy...

The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has written to the chairmen of Britain’s top 350 companies urging executive pay restraint and making it clear that company remuneration should be aligned with...

The Queen’s Speech confirmation of plans for a national organisation that will deliver Money Guidance to the masses reflects an acceptance of the same challenges facing employers attempting to engage staff in...

Stuart Bayliss, director, Annuity ExchangeUndoubtedly. And the better-resourced intermediaries are already doing so. They are using portals that ask which type of annuity people want. That is the easier part to achieve....

So what issues should the FSA consider with regards to improving access to protection products in the work environment? Looking to adapt best practice from other countries is a logical step, and...

The law of unintended consequences all too often plagues regulatory change. I am sure the Office of Fair Trading never expected their insistence on the abolition of the maximum commission agreement to...

Our latest research findings show that already one in four businesses expect staff to delay retirement, with the proportion of pension-age workers set to double to 1.8 million people by 2019. Indeed,...

Delays in implementation, rising costs, means-testing, levelling down. With so many of the contentious issues of the Government’s pensions reforms rising to the surface again, what does Angela Eagle, minister for pensions...

Defined benefit pension schemes have been on the endangered list for some time but their demise has been accelerated in recent years as companies battle with a hostile economic environment.For most private...

The stock market recovery has taken many by surprise and few would have predicted the strong surge in share prices since their March lows.Twelve months ago investors were piling into fixed interest...